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BLACK HARVEST Sign With OAK KNOLL PRODUCTIONS

Brooklyn, New York-based "avant black doom metal" band BLACK HARVEST have inked a deal with the New England label Oak Knoll Productions. The group's debut Oak Knoll CD, "White Light Came Down", will feature a combination of new material with new recordings of the stronger songs from their last indep...

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THE QUIET ROOM Lead Singer Passes Away

Glen "Pete" Jewell, former lead singer for late '90s prog rock band THE QUIET ROOM, passed away Saturday, June 25. Pete recorded "Reconceive" with the band in 2000, right before leaving the band permanently. THE QUIET ROOM was signed to Metal Blade Records and released two albums. Pete, who reported...

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JEFF KOLLMAN Joins UFO On U.S. Tour, Lands Role In HANK GARLAND Biopic 'Crazy'

Guitarist/producer Jeff Kollman (COSMOSQUAD, JKB, GLENN HUGHES) has been tapped by U.K. hard rock legends UFO to fill in for bassist Pete Way for the duration of the band's upcoming coast-to-coast U.S. tour. Kollman, who has previously played bass with the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP on the 1998 European...

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BATTERED Continuing Work On Debut Album

BATTERED, the new Norwegian band featuring former EINHERJER members Frode Glesnes (a.k.a. Grimar, vocals/guitar),Aksel Herløe (guitar) and Gerhard Storesund (a.k.a. Vivar, drums),are continuing work on their debut album at Sifa Lydstudio in Norway. "The recording session has been very good so far,...

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FRANTIC BLEEP Announce New Lineup

Norway's FRANTIC BLEEP have posted the following message on their official web site: "The band has a brand new line-up and a few changes has been done. The current line-up is as following: Kjetil Fosseid - Vocals Patrick Scantlebury - Guitars Lars Gunnar Morastseter - Guitars Eywin Sundstrøm - Bass...

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EPICA And PAIN OF SALVATION To Headline PROGPOWER EUROPE Festival

EPICA and PAIN OF SALVATION have been confirmed as the headliners of this year's edition of ProgPower Europe festival, set to take place October 1-2 in Baarlo, The Netherlands. The complete festival billing is as follows: Saturday, October 1: DISILLUSION (Germany) THROES OF DAWN (Finland) ORPHANED L...

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BATTERED Begin Recording Debut Album

BATTERED, the new Norwegian band featuring former EINHERJER members Frode Glesnes (a.k.a. Grimar, vocals/guitar),Aksel Herløe (guitar) and Gerhard Storesund (a.k.a. Vivar, drums),have entered Sifa Lydstudio in Norway to begin recording their debut album. "We have just started tracking Gerhard's dr...

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JAG PANZER And PAINMUSEUM Confirmed For Pennsylvania's LOUDER HARDER FASTER Festival

JAG PANZER and PAINMUSEUM have been confirmed for the Louder Harder Faster festival, set to take place June 3-5 at the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, PA. This will be a unique event for PAINMUSEUM: When drummer Bobby Jarzombek (ICED EARTH, HALFORD) was unable to cancel prior engagements for this...

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THE AURORA PROJECT Confirmed For Holland's PROGPOWER EUROPE Festival

Dutch atmospheric progressive rock/metal band THE AURORA PROJECT have been added to the lineup of acts performing at the ProgPower Europe festival, set to take place October 1-2 at JC Sjiwa in Baarlo, the Netherlands. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Saturday, October 1: GREEN CARN...

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PESSIMIST Announce New Lineup

The lineup for the upcoming PESSIMIST release has been finalized and will include guitarist Bill Hayden and bassist/vocalist Ralph "Reaper" Runyan from the group's latest CD, "Slaughtering the Faithful". In addition, the band will be working again with original drummer Chris Pernia from the first tw...

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BATTERED Cancel Shows To Focus On Debut Album

BATTERED, the new Norwegian band featuring former EINHERJER members Frode Glesnes (a.k.a. Grimar, vocals/guitar),Aksel Herløe (guitar) and Gerhard Storesund (a.k.a. Vivar, drums),have cancelled their previously announced spring/summer shows — including an appearance at the Karmøygeddon Metal Festi...

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Classic TESTAMENT Lineup Confirmed For Pennsylvania's LOUDER HARDER FASTER Festival

TESTAMENT's classic lineup of Chuck Billy (vocals),Eric Peterson (guitar),Alex Skolnick (guitar),Greg Christian (bass) and Louie Clemente (drums) has been confirmed for the Louder Harder Faster festival, set to take place June 3-5 at the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The festiva...

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SEPULTURA, OBITUARY, TROUBLE To Headline LOUDER-HARDER-FASTER Festival

According to Louder-Harder-Faster.com, SEPULTURA, OBITUARY and TROUBLE will be headlining the Louder-Harder-Faster Festival, set to take place June 3-5 at the Crocodile Rock in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: OBITUARY SEPULTURA TROUBLE FLOTSAM AND JETSAM AGNOS...

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DESTRUCTION, DISSECTION Confirmed For Austria's KALTENBACH OPEN AIR

DESTRUCTION, DISSECTION, ILLDISPOSED, PRIMORDIAL and CARNAL FORGE are among the bands confirmed for Kaltenbach Open Air, a two-day event set to take place July 15-16 in Spital am Semmering, Austria. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DESTRUCTION DISSECTION ILLDISPOSED PRIMORDIAL CARNAL F...

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MÖRK GRYNING Split Up; Final Demo Recordings Posted Online

Sweden's MÖRK GRYNING have officially split up. A posting on the group's web site from the band's multi-instrumentalist Jonas Berndt (a.k.a. Goth Gorgon) reads as follows: "MÖRK GRYNING is no more. Yesterday I called everyone in the band and told them I'm leaving. "I know many people will be disappo...